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Issue 885 - 18 September 2010

MI5 warns of Yemeni, Somali threat

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Following the failed attempt of a Nigerian engineering student Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab to blow up Northwest Airlines’ Flight 253 over the United States last December, Yemen received unprecedented global attention. The media focus has dropped somewhat since then, but the region remains the subject of considerable concern

Yemen
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GSN wrote about the beginnings of “the next insurgency” in Iraq in April 2009, describing meetings between Iraqi Sunni leaders and Baathist insurgents, which were characterised as a “long-term hedging of bets” by both parties ahead of the US drawdown and the assumption of full control by the Shia-led government in Baghdad. Sources within the US and Iraqi government intelligence systems believe this next insurgency is starting to unfold.

Iraq
Issue 885 - 18 September 2010

US confirms Omani role in Iranian release

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The US State Department on 15 September confirmed the role of the Omani government in securing the release of imprisoned hiker Sarah Shourd, who was arrested with two other Americans by Iran 13 months ago when walking in the mountainous Iranian/Iraqi border region

Iran | Oman
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No sign of an official retreat from the Bahraini crackdown, International offensive, Elections in question, A much bigger crackdown, Ahmadinejad faces new challenges from within, KhameneiAfter seeing off popular protests and reformist opponents, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad now faces challenges from within the regime as hardliners attempt to rein in the president’s growing personal authority. Suggestions of a possible impeachment have even been mooted by some deputies in the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran (Majlis), as the relationship between president and parliament becomes increasingly strained. uneasy but still, apparently, supportive

Iran | Bahrain
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In the wake of the Manama authorities’ crackdown on opposition, the political societies’ delicate position has left NGO campaigners more exposed as independent voices. The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights – officially banned but in practice still active – says it has been able to confirm 200 arrests, but believes the true number of those taken into detention is many more.

Bahrain
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An unspoken aspect of the remaining US presence in Iraq is Washington’s option of defending Iraq against major foreign or domestic threats.

Iraq
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Cyprus celebrations, Death, Recuperating abroad, New Baha governor, Private holiday, Domestic business

Saudi Arabia
Issue 884 - 04 September 2010

Abu Dhabi’s Taqa accused of malpractice

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A law suit filed by one of the Gulf’s most high-profile expatriate executives could point to a dark side in the mighty Abu Dhabi business empire, if the allegations are proven. The suit has been filed in the United States by former Abu Dhabi National Energy Company chief executive Peter Barker-Homek against his former employer.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Issue 884 - 04 September 2010

Tricky transition from Defence to State

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One of the remaining military tasks for US Forces Iraq (USF-I) is to enable the operations of the last 16 Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) that the State Department operates in Iraq. In the summer of

Iraq
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Operation Iraqi Freedom ended on 1 September after more than seven years of US ‘combat operations’ in Iraq. GSN marks the occasion by analysing the new US military mission, Operation New Dawn

Iraq
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Obama said the drawdown allowed the US military to divert resources to the continuing campaign in Afghanistan, where it remained committed to defeating Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

Iraq
Issue 883 - 28 August 2010

Saudi Arabia

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Prince Sultan taken ill

Saudi Arabia
Issue 883 - 28 August 2010

Sheikh Khalifa successful treatment

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‘Success’ for president’s treatment

United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Two prominent Gulf figures died in August – Saudi Arabia’s labour minister, former diplomat and poet Ghazi Al-Gosaibi and Kuwaiti author and academic Ahmed Al-Baghdadi

Issue 882 - 31 July 2010

MBZ: Funeral prayers for cousin

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Funeral prayers for cousin

United Arab Emirates (UAE)